| James Bryce - 1837 - 322 páginas
...product of the means is equal to the product of the extremes; and if the product of two quantitles be equal to the product of two others, the four quantities will form a proportion. ft f, Let the proportion be a:b::c:d; then -=- = -; and о а clearing of fractions, ad=bc. Again,... | |
| 1838 - 372 páginas
...other that AxD=B*C, i „ , , BD we shall also have ~T=~r' A. O and hence, A : B : : C : D; that is, if the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two other quantities, two of them may be made the extremes, and the other two the means of a proportion.... | |
| Charles Davies - 1839 - 272 páginas
...each other that AxD=BxC, we shall also have — =— ; A. L> , and hence, A : B : : C : D. That is : If the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two other quantities, two of them may be made the extremes, and the other two the means of a proportion.... | |
| Charles Davies - 1842 - 284 páginas
...Thus, if we have the proportion 3 : 6 : : 6 : 12, t we shall also have = 62 = 3xl2=36. QUEST. — 155. If the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two other quantities, may the four be placed in a proportion 1 How ? — 156. If three quantities are proportional,... | |
| Charles Davies - 1842 - 368 páginas
...related to each other that we shall also have — =— ., jfi O and hence, A : B : : C : D; that is, if the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two other quantities, two of them may be made the extremes, and the other two the means of a proportion.... | |
| Thomas Sherwin - 1842 - 326 páginas
...Suppose we have ad = bc. Dividing both members by 6 and d, we have r = -, or a : b = c : d. Hence, oa If the product of two quantities is equal to the product of ttca other quantities, the two factors of either product may be made the means, and the two factors... | |
| James Bates Thomson - 1844 - 272 páginas
...for the product of the means in both cases is the same. So if na:b::x:y, then a : b : : x : ny. 339. On the other hand, if the product of two quantities...others, the four quantities will form a proportion if they are so arranged, that those on one side of the equation shall constitute the means, and those... | |
| William Scott - 1844 - 568 páginas
...products, and each is divided by irf, ad be acc _ a that is, a : b::c : d, or c '. d:'.a '. b. Wherefore, if the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two others, the four quantities are convertible into a proportion of which the multiplicand and multiplier of either product form the... | |
| Charles Davies - 1845 - 382 páginas
...other that A x D — B x C, we shall also have, — = — , -AO and hence, A : B : : C : D ; that is If the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two other quantities, two of them may be made the extremes, and the other two the means of a proportion.... | |
| Elias Loomis - 1846 - 380 páginas
...becomes abd bed T=T or ad — be. Thus, if 3 : 4 : : 9 : 12, then 3 x 12 = 4 x 9. (213.) Conversely, if the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two others, the first two quantities may be made the extremes, and the other two the means of a proportion. Let ad... | |
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